In April 1975, “A&M” label released “Diamonds & Rust”, the seventeenth Joan Baez album. It was recorded in January 1975, and was produced by Larry Carlton, David Kershenbaum and Joan Baez.
Personnel:
- Joan Baez – vocals, acoustic guitar, synthesizers, arrangements
- Joni Mitchell– vocal improvisation
- Larry Carlton– acoustic and electric guitar, arranger
- Dean Parks– electric guitar, acoustic guitar
- Red Rhodes– pedal steel guitar
- Rick Lo Tempio – electric guitar
- Larry Knechtel– piano
- Joe Sample– electric piano, Hammond organ
- Hampton Hawes– piano
- David Paich– piano, electric harpsichord
- Malcolm Cecil– synthesizers
- Wilton Felder– bass
- Reinie Press – bass
- Max Bennett– bass
- Jim Gordon– drums
- John Guerin– drums
- Jim Horn– saxophone
- Tom Scott– flute, saxophone, arranger
- Ollie Mitchell – trumpet
- Buck Monari – trumpet
- Rick Riggieri – engineer
- Henry Lewy – engineer
- Ellis Sorkin – engineer assistant
- Bob Cato – design
Track listing:
- Diamonds & Rust – Joan Baez
- Fountain of Sorrow – Jackson Browne
- Never Dreamed You’d Leave in Summer – Stevie Wonder, Syreeta Wright
- Children and All That Jazz – Joan Baez
- Simple Twist of Fate – Bob Dylan
- Blue Sky – Dickey Betts
- Hello in There – John Prine
- Jesse – Janis Ian
- Winds of the Old Days – Joan Baez
- Dida – Joan Baez – duet with Joni Mitchell
- Medley: I Dream of Jeannie – Stephen Foster / Danny Boy – Frederick Weatherly
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